Q3. Describe a case incident where a ‘stop and frisk’ is allowed and rationale for it. A ‘stop and frisk’ is something when a police officer stops an individual or a group to question and further to search for weapons or any illegal activities under criminal circumstances. Search includes patting down i.e. checking an individual with hands from the top of the clothes and also removing upper part of clothes if the officer thinks the suspect is carrying some armed weapons and is dangerous. Many…
to several other persons. I knew P. Denoon to have an active Sherwood warrant and a Parole Violation warrant. Based on the information I stopped my vehicle and made contact with P. Denoon and the driver of the vehicle. I requested P. Denoon's ID and the driver of the vehicles ID, Donald Tackett, due to the area being a known narcotics area and the fact he had a wanted person in the vehicle. ACIC/NCIC confirmed the warrants out of Sherwood Police Department and the…
A world without the Fourth Amendment The Fourth Amendment is ‘Protection from unreasonable search and seizure’. The Fourth Amendment is that you have the right to your house, persons, and papers. No one can search through your personal items unless they have a warrant and a right to do so. Only two people have the right to go through your mailbox, yourself (family), and the mailman. If we didn’t have this amendment anyone would be able to go through your house at anytime they pleased, taking…
The idea of stop and frisk was created to reduce the crime rate in New York City by granting law enforcement the power to detain a suspicious individual based on reasonable suspicion and search the civilian outer garments for illegal contrabands. There are many controversy surrounding this practice that it is based on racial discrimination and the idea that it is unconstitutional. Civilians feels like this practice only target blacks and Latinos. Supporting civilian concerns, a study conducted…
Ohio. Terry v. Ohio was a, “case dealing with the constitutional limitations of police to stop and search individuals in street encounters” (Association of the Bar of the City of New York, n.d). Riots had taken over many states due to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. prior to the rule of Terry v. Ohio, leading “several states to pass statutes…
“A key function of the Bill of Rights, therefore, is to protect the rights of those in the minority against the will of the majority.” (Sidlow, 2015, p. 72) It was also written to protect and defend the rights of every United States citizen when it comes to their basic rights, arms and religion. Additionally, it declares the rights of citizens when it comes to firearm possession and prohibits biased laws being passed with regard to religion. Another main reason for the Bill of rights to be…
no civilization, no society, no future. (Wiesel, n.d.). Without the Fourth Amendment, there is no privacy. The Fourth Amendment is a civil right. It protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures. The police can't search you or even your house without a search warrant or probable cause. In our society right now we have surveillance pretty much everywhere. No matter where you go there are surveillance cameras nearby somewhere. Economics, politics and social institutions are reasons how…
Ethical and Legal Issues in Information Security The rapid development and strong China economy have left many technology companies, including Google, have to stoop to set foot on this fertile filled land. Google China was founded in 2005 and Google.cn and went live on Jan. 27, 2006.During four years of operation here, Google has provided services with its version of self-censorship in compliance with the so-call “Internet sovereignty” policy of the China government. Although doing business in…
some sort of illegal substance. Because the dog was alerted by the scent, the officer then had probable cause to search him. As he searched the man, the officer did find illegal substances that the dog smelt. The man was then arrested and charged with possession of illegal substances. The dog’s alertness gave the police officer all of the probable cause he needed to then conduct a search on the man, or on the man’s property; a police drug-detection-dog has a reliable, trained nose that police…
While a suspect is detained, a computer search can be performed to see if the suspect is wanted for crimes. If so, he or she may be arrested and searched incident to that arrest."Stop and Frisk." TheFreeDictionary.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Aug. 2016. Investigatory detention became an important law…